The holidays just another reminder that the registration ban is only 13 months away

Most folks who make up the California transportation industry have been focused on making it through the remainder of 2018 with the lights on and drivers in the seats. While the industry at large has been booming as of late, looming issues for fleets domiciled in the Golden State are drawing closer still.

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler will announce today his plans to review — and likely make more stringent — air pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks. Why it matters: This is the first time the EPA under President Trump is looking to significantly tighten — not loosen — air pollution regulations. Most of EPA's focus for the last nearly two years has been to roll back environmental rules issued by then-President Barack Obama.

The California Trucking Association and two independent owner-operators are suing California over the state’s test to determine if a driver is an employee or a contractor. The association and operators Ravinder Singh and Thomas Odom filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on Oct. 25 seeking relief against the test, which was decided upon in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles.

America's trucking industry is facing a host of challenges, from labor shortages to fluctuating fuel prices. In response to these challenges, a number of companies are developing innovative technologies that could ultimately spur widespread change throughout the industry. Building off of the growth of the electric-car industry, several companies are looking to transition the diesel-based trucking industry to electric.

(SACRAMENTO) – Today, the California Trucking Association (CTA) and two California independent owner-operator drivers filed a lawsuit in U.S. Southern District Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the unconstitutional interpretation of the state’s wage order test by the California Supreme Court (Court) in its Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Dynamex) decision. In the suit, plaintiffs contend that the Dynamex decision prohibits independent owner-operator drivers from contracting and performing trucking services for licensed motor carriers in California.